KERALA, REPRESENTED BY
... Respondent
2. THE CUSTODIAN (ECOLOGICALLYFRAGILLAND)
3. THE CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,
4. THE DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER ... declaring it to be an ecologicallyfragileland under the
provisions of the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of
Ecologically

land called Merchiston Estate was declared as ecologicallyfragileland under Sec. 3(1) of the Kerala Forest (Vesting ... Management of EcologicallyFragileLands) Ordinance, 2000. The
above land was an estate originally owned and possessed by the
Birla

Management of EcologicallyFragileLands) Act, 2003 (for short 'the Act'), the land, being an ecologicallyfragileland in terms ... falls within the definition of ecologicallyfragileland. When a land is ecologicallyfragileland, it automatically vests with Government

called "the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of
EcologicallyFragileLand) Act, 2003". Under Section 3 of the said ... land at the disposal of Government" includes all
unoccupied land, all temporarily occupied land and all land
occupied without permission

Kerala Forest (Vesting and
Management of EcologicallyFragileLand) Act 2003 as arbitrary,
illegal and therefore unconstitutional and quash ... land as ecologicallyfragileland. Under sub-section 4 of Section 4 any land declared as
ecologicallyfragileland under

Kerala
Forest (Vesting and Management of EcologicallyFragileLands) Act, 2003 (hereinafter referred to as "the 2003
Act"). Apart from ... excluding
some of the estates as not being ecologicallyfragileland. The issues raised in this bunch of Writ Petitions

Kerala Forest (Vesting & Management of
EcologicallyFragileLands) Ordinance 2001 and
published in Kerala Gazette No.43 dated ... Notwithstanding the expiry of the above
Ordinance, the EcologicallyFragileLands vested
in the Government under the said Ordinance
shall

2009 of KERALA FOREST
(VESTING AND MANAGEMENT OF ECOLOGICALLYFRAGILELANDS) TRIBUNAL,
PALAKKAD
PETITIONER(S):
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fragileland. 60 hectares of land in Periyachola is vested with the Government as
ecologicallyfragileland

fragilelands in the State of Kerala and for the management of such lands with a view to maintaining ecological ... fragileland-
(1) The Government shall have power to declare, by notification in the Gazette, any land to be ecologically

Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management
of EcologicallyFragileLands) Act, 2003 (hereinafter
referred ... fragileland -
(1) The Government shall have power to declare by
notification in the Gazette any land to be ecologically